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Northern Ireland's agriculture minister Gordon Lyons has ordered officials to stop work on new permanent border control posts for food and agricultural goods and has called for a halt to staff recruitment, the BBC reports.
Existing temporary BCPs will continue to operate.
Stormont ministers have requested an emergency meeting of the NI Executive over the move.
Mr Lyons said says he is responding to "practical difficulties" caused by the Northern Ireland Protocol.
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DHL Global Forwarding’s Industrial Projects arm is moving 676 rail passenger coaches from Hungary to Egypt over the next 32 months. The 48-tonne, 24.5 metre long coaches, made by Dunakeszi Járműjavító, are transported by rail to the port of Koper, Slovenia for the sea voyage by chartered vessel onto the ...
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'Shore-power' – powering vessels in port by green electricity in place of on-board diesel generators – is essential to reduce pollution but is held back in the UK by high taxes and a lack of Government support, says a new report by Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research for the ...
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DFDS has partnered with major Danish organisations including Arla, Maersk, Danish Crown and DLG in a Power-to-Ammonia alternative fuel project. It says that green ammonia is an ideal replacement for fuel oil on ferries because it is produced by a 100% renewable and carbon-free process. It can be burnt in ...
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Former Kuehne + Nagel senior executives Anthony Quinn and Peter Adams have bought Exeter-based haulier STR Logistics through their holding company 2020 Logistic Solutions. STR Logistics has been operating for over twenty years specialising in most aspects of freight transport and employs over one people who operate a varied fleet ...
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A UK-EU Joint Committee meeting on 24 February has failed to extend the grace period on new controls on parcels and food moving between the UK and Northern Ireland, due to end on 31 March. This could increase which could increase delays and red tape significantly, said broker ParcelHero.
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Ceva Logistics has moved its country head office in Thailand to Bangkok’s business district. It follows the move of CEVA Logistics’ airfreight team to a new office at Suvarnabhumi Airport and the opening of a new ocean station at Laem Chabang. The new head office is close to the city’s ...
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DSV has is in the process of adding three new intercontinental routes to its existing freighter network to make up for a lack of capacity on scheduled carriers due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
Airports around the world are facing significant cargo congestion, and customers are facing a frustrating lack of capacity, ...
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Europa managing director Andrew Baxter says that the first few weeks of Brexit “have been incredibly tough” but its new Delivered at Place (DAP) product is now delivering faster transit times with more reliability.
Europa Flow was launched on 1January to facilitate exports to the EU on Delivered Duty Paid (DDP) ...
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International Airlines Group has appointed its cargo chief executive Lynne Embleton as chief executive of its Irish airline, Aer Lingus from 6 April. She replaces Donal Moriarty who has been interim chief executive since October 2020 and who will resume his role as the airline’s chief corporate affairs officer.
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